Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 December 1909 — RIVAL KILLS BRIDEGROOM [ARTICLE]

RIVAL KILLS BRIDEGROOM

Wedding Journey Halted by BulletSlayer Puts Blame on Girl. Strickland, Oa., Dec. 28. —Three minutes after he had been married to Rose Lee Butler and as he was about to enter a carriage with his bride,. Gabriel Len was shot to death by Joseph Jackson who had been a suitor for the girl’B band. As Len fell dead at the feet of his bride, Jackson turned to the girl and cried: “You are responsible. You pretended to love me, but threw me over for Len. I toid you that no other man should have you, and I have kept my word.” Jackson fled and has not been apprehended.